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architecture and design magazineSat, 10 Dec 2016 00:00:00 +0000en-UShourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.6.1Liron Gino designs Vibeat devices for deaf people to experience musichttps://www.dezeen.com/2016/08/07/liron-gino-design-vibeat-listening-devices-wearable-hearing-impaired-tactile-music/
https://www.dezeen.com/2016/08/07/liron-gino-design-vibeat-listening-devices-wearable-hearing-impaired-tactile-music/#commentsSun, 07 Aug 2016 08:00:17 +0000http://admin.dezeen.com/?p=946882Graduate shows 2016: Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design graduate Liron Gino has designed a set of jewellery-like devices that allow deaf and hard-of-hearing people to experience music through vibration (+ movie). The Vibeat collection is an alternative to headphones that features a necklace, bracelet and pin with circular modules attached to them. The pieces

The Vibeat collection is an alternative to headphones that features a necklace, bracelet and pin with circular modules attached to them.

The pieces combine to create an "alternative sensory system", which translates tracks into vibrations. Different units in the collection react to lower or higher ranges. This allows wearers to experience songs through touch alone.

"Music is one of the deepest and most primal forms of human communication, and its ability to convey emotion and expression make it into an invaluable tool," said Gino.

"But how can the deaf and hearing-impaired community experience music, without actually hearing it?"

Each wearable connects to the music source via Bluetooth. Internal motors within the wearables react to different frequencies to make the devices vibrate at different rates.

]]>https://www.dezeen.com/2016/08/07/liron-gino-design-vibeat-listening-devices-wearable-hearing-impaired-tactile-music/feed/3Neta Soreq's Energetic Pass shoes have bouncy 3D-printed soleshttps://www.dezeen.com/2016/01/24/video-energetic-pass-3d-printed-shoes-neta-soreq-fashion-footwear-design-movie/
https://www.dezeen.com/2016/01/24/video-energetic-pass-3d-printed-shoes-neta-soreq-fashion-footwear-design-movie/#commentsSun, 24 Jan 2016 17:00:06 +0000http://admin.dezeen.com/?p=838222Israeli designer Neta Soreq 3D printed the springy platforms and heels of these shoes to give the wearer a "new walking experience" (+ movie). The Energetic Pass footwear comes in two variations: one pair has a bouncy platform beneath the centre of the foot, and the other features springs under the front and back. Both models surround the

The Energetic Pass footwear comes in two variations: one pair has a bouncy platform beneath the centre of the foot, and the other features springs under the front and back.

Both models surround the feet with sinuous stripes of material based on muscle fibres.

"My shoe design came from studying hyperactive people, with a focus on different therapy treatments that direct the energy in the body," said Soreq, who created the shoes while studying at the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design near Jerusalem.

"I was inspired by the structure of the muscles and the natural movement of the foot in different positions."

"I used the traditional technique of building shoes and combined it with the technological advantages of computer design," Soreq said. "This kind of 'tech-couture' process opens up new opportunities of design."

The shoes were printed in nylon using selective laser sintering, while the soles are made from a light-sensitive photopolymer material that provides grip.

Each weighs between 220 and 330 grams, and the designer insists that they are comfortable to walk in.

Soreq is now working on a collection that will be "more ready-to-wear" than the current designs.

]]>https://www.dezeen.com/2016/01/24/video-energetic-pass-3d-printed-shoes-neta-soreq-fashion-footwear-design-movie/feed/12Smartwatch by Dor Tal monitors social networks to predict your futurehttps://www.dezeen.com/2014/02/24/smartwatch-monitors-social-networks-to-predict-future-dor-tal/
https://www.dezeen.com/2014/02/24/smartwatch-monitors-social-networks-to-predict-future-dor-tal/#commentsMon, 24 Feb 2014 06:00:12 +0000http://admin.dezeen.com/?p=420191Israeli designer Dor Tal has designed a set of gadgets that monitor data generated on social networks to help users predict the future and take action ahead of time (+ movie). Dor Tal's Future Control project imagines a personal horoscope built on your data that could predict everything from when you're most likely to go

]]>Israeli designer Dor Tal has designed a set of gadgets that monitor data generated on social networks to help users predict the future and take action ahead of time (+ movie).Predictions and recommended actions would be projected onto the hand by a smartwatch

Dor Tal's Future Control project imagines a personal horoscope built on your data that could predict everything from when you're most likely to go to the gym, to what mood your partner is going to be in when they get home.

Dor Tal's concept works in two ways. The first requires the user to download an app on to their smartphone that scours social networks for any data generated about the user, or other people and organisations that might affect them. An algorithm then detects any patterns of behaviour that could be forecast ahead of time. The more accounts the user adds, including credit card information, Google, Apple and Facebook, the more intelligent the device becomes.

Pico projector shows predictions and recommended actions on a wall

"When it identifies a predictable action, a recommended response for solving the problem or enhancing the experience is calculated and presented," explained Dor Tal.

The second part of the project is called Predictables: two devices that present that data to the user. The first uses a pico projector, which displays a timeline with a series of floating bubbles indicating actions the user can take.

Designs for the smartwatch strap

The colour scheme highlights how far in the future the action might be: green indicates behaviour days ahead, where as red tells the user these actions should be taken today.

If the user is moving around, the same display can be projected on to the their hand via a smartwatch. Both displays utilise gesture control, allowing the user to interact with the display with his or her hands.

The pico projector and smartwatch

"One interesting aspect of the interaction, similar to what happens in the Back to the Future films, is that the predictions continuously change as the user acts and reacts in present time," said Tal.

Future Control was part of Tal's graduation project from Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem. The designer wanted to explore our obsession with trying to predict the future.

Designs for Pico projectors

"From the movement of the stars to modern technology, man has searched for patterns that can indicate the imminent future," explained Tal. "The biggest challenge of this project is to create the forecasting algorithms, but I believe this will happen sooner than expected."

]]>https://www.dezeen.com/2014/02/24/smartwatch-monitors-social-networks-to-predict-future-dor-tal/feed/8Cocoon by Tanya Shukstelinskyhttps://www.dezeen.com/2013/07/03/cocoon-by-tanya-shukstelinsky/
https://www.dezeen.com/2013/07/03/cocoon-by-tanya-shukstelinsky/#commentsWed, 03 Jul 2013 16:00:26 +0000http://admin.dezeen.com/?p=330978Design graduate Tanya Shukstelinsky has proposed a new type of affordable urban housing, with people living between two sheets of suspended fabric (+ slideshow). Shukstelinsky's Cocoon project features sheets of material with stairs and handholds stitched into them, allowing occupants to move between different living zones. The result is extremely thin multi-storey dwellings that Shukstelinsky describes as "temporary

"Last year, during one of our studio classes named Cocoon, students were asked to design a private space in a public area," Shukstelinsky explains.

"I came up with an idea for a space between two stitched layers of fabric. A person who lives in the space can move upon the stitches. The stitches are dividing the fabric into different areas - dining area, sleeping area and bath."

The concept could be used to create affordable accommodation in expensive urban areas, Shukstelinsky says. "This concept of a vertical and narrow dwelling can be used in dense urban spaces with expensive real estate. Also, integration with modern technologies and smart textiles can provide the minimum we need for temporary accommodation."

]]>https://www.dezeen.com/2013/07/03/cocoon-by-tanya-shukstelinsky/feed/9SANAA plans new campus for Bezalel Academy of Art and Designhttps://www.dezeen.com/2013/06/13/sanaa-plans-new-campus-for-bezalel-academy-of-art-and-design/
https://www.dezeen.com/2013/06/13/sanaa-plans-new-campus-for-bezalel-academy-of-art-and-design/#commentsThu, 13 Jun 2013 13:34:03 +0000http://admin.dezeen.com/?p=325005News: Japanese studio SANAA has presented designs for a new campus for Israel's leading design school within Jerusalem's historic Russian Compound. Scheduled for completion in 2017, the new 37,000 square-metre campus for the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design will be constructed in one of Jerusalem's oldest districts, between the Holy Trinity Cathedral and the

]]>News: Japanese studio SANAA has presented designs for a new campus for Israel's leading design school within Jerusalem's historic Russian Compound.

Scheduled for completion in 2017, the new 37,000 square-metre campus for the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design will be constructed in one of Jerusalem's oldest districts, between the Holy Trinity Cathedral and the Museum of Underground Prisoners.

Architects Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa of SANAA are working alongside local firm Nir-Kutz Architects on the design of the building, which is intended to encourage collaboration between the eight traditionally separate departments of the school.

Classrooms and studios will be arranged over a series of staggered horizontal slabs that correspond with the site's natural topography. Numerous ramps and staircases will connect the split levels, while voids in the floorplates will create balconies between floors and increase natural light.

The plans also include a pair of auditoriums, public exhibition galleries and cafes for both students and visitors.

The site of the new campus for the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design is located on the top of a hill in the Russian Compound, overlooking the old city of Jerusalem. The Academy includes several departments comprised of studios, classrooms, workshops and administration offices and of public areas such as exhibition galleries, a store, a café and a cafeteria.

The building is composed of slabs. The slabs are stacked following the natural gradient of the landscape, and all are at different levels. Throughout both the exterior and the interior of the building, the slabs are connected through ramps and stairs so that it is possible to walk freely from one to the other, moving horizontally and vertically.

On the exterior, the slabs connect to form a terraced roof overlooking the city. On the interior, the slabs are detached from one another to create vertical void spaces throughout the building. The void spaces allow visual connection between different parts of the program that are hosted on each slab. As a consequence, each part of the building maintains its independence, but at the same time is fully connected with all other parts. Because of the layout of the slabs, natural light can filter freely through the building both from above and from the sides, penetrating also in those spaces that sit in the middle of the largest footprint areas.

The scale of the building is determined by its context and by its program. The volume is composed to fit properly within the city of Jerusalem and, at the same time, accommodate the spaces necessary for students and faculty of the Academy to work comfortably. The building also fits into the natural context as it mimics the terraced landscape, and resonates with its colour and texture.